- Date
- May 30, 1978
- Place
- Tonopah, AZ · TONOPAH, AZ
- Injuries
- 1 fatal, 1 serious
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Phase of flight
- Initial climb
- Aircraft
- N5086HPiper PA-11
- Status
- Completed · report August 24, 1978
- Report
- Brief approved by the director
- FAA report
- 19780530022599A
- Case key
- 142062
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NTSB brief
NTSB’s brief of the accident, as it was printed: the coded facts, with the probable cause and factors.
---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FILE DATE LOCATION AIRCRAFT DATA INJURIES FLIGHT PILOT DATA F S M/N PURPOSE ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 3-1933 78/5/30 NR.TONOPAH,AZ PIPER PA-11 CR- 1 0 0 NONCOMMERCIAL STUDENT, AGE 40, 3000 TIME - 1940 N5086H PX- 0 1 0 PLEASURE/PERSONAL TRANSP TOTAL HOURS, UNK/NR IN DAMAGE-DESTROYED OT- 0 0 0 TYPE, NOT INSTRUMENT RATED. DEPARTURE POINT INTENDED DESTINATION TONOPAH,AZ LOCAL TYPE OF ACCIDENT PHASE OF OPERATION STALL: SPIRAL TAKEOFF: INITIAL CLIMB PROBABLE CAUSE(S) PILOT IN COMMAND - FAILED TO OBTAIN/MAINTAIN FLYING SPEED PILOT IN COMMAND - PHYSICAL IMPAIRMENT MISCELLANEOUS ACTS,CONDITIONS - ALCOHOLIC IMPAIRMENT OF EFFICIENCY AND JUDGMENT FIRE AFTER IMPACT REMARKS- BLOOD ALCOHOL LEVEL .164%. IMPACTED HIGHWAY SURFACE.
Aircraft
- Registration
- N5086H
- Reported as
- Piper PA-11
- Category
- Airplane
- Engine
- reciprocating
- Damage
- Destroyed
- Airport
- Highway
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FAA reports on this event · 1
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Other investigations on N5086H · 1
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